Our selection here from the legendary Vocalion label spans the period from 1926 to 1940, the year before the United States went to war. Though this includes the period of the Great Depression, significant numbers of blues records were sold and Vocalion showcased a piano-based style the music business dubbed urban blues , distinguishing it from the Mississippi Delta country blues . With gems from the likes of Leroy Carr, Robert Johnson and Memphis Minnie, there s no doubt the classic Vocalion repertoire on this 2 disc set was, and still is, the cream of the blues crop. CD 1 1. Ramblin On My Mind - Robert Johnson 2. Step It Up And Go - Blind Boy Fuller 3. Broke Down Engine Blues - Blind Willie Mctell 4. Harmonica And Washboard Breakdown - Sonny Terry 5. How You Want It Done - Big Bill Broonzy 6. Sitting On Top Of The World - Mississippi Sheiks 7. Toothache Blues - Victoria Spivey 8. Police Station Blues - Peetie Wheatstraw 9. Fishing Blues - Henry Thomas 10. Trouble In Mind - Bertha "Chippie" Hill 11. W.P.A. Blues - Casey Bill Weldon 12. Sugar Man Blues Pt.1 & Pt.2 - St. Louis Bessie 13. Key To The Highway - Charlie Segar 14. Chicago Policemen Blues - Rosa Henderson 15. Dead Man Blues - Edmonia Henderson 16. New B & O Blues - Bumble Bee Slim 17. Keep It Clean - Charley Jordan 18. Dozing Blues - George Noble 19. You Rascal You - Tampa Red 20. Butcher Shop Blues - Bernice Edwards 21. Burleskin" Blues - Mississippi Sarah & Daddy Stovepipe 22. Lost Lover Blues - Lulu Jackson 23. Send Me An Angel Down - Monkey Joe & Roosevelt Scott 24. How Long, How Long Blues - Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell 25. Easy Rider Blues - Texas Alexander & Willie Reed CD 2 1. Special Steam Line - Bukka White 2. New Bumble Bee - Memphis Minnie 3. Kokomo Blues - Scrapper Blackwell 4. Dark Was The Night (Cold Was The Ground) - Blind Willie Johnson 5. Hang It On The Wall - Charley Patton 6. Billy Lyons And Stack O"lee - Furry Lewis 7. Panama Limited Blues - Ada Brown 8. Mamie - Blind Boy Fuller 9. Four Day Creep - Ida Cox And Her Allstar Band 10. Stones In My Passageway - Robert Johnson 11. Ram Rod Daddy - Bo Carter 12. Cow Cow Blues (Take A) - Cow Cow Davenport 13. I Let My Daddy Do That - Hattie Hart 14. Midnight Trouble Blues - Son Becky 15. Sail On Little Girl No. 3 - Black Boy Shine 16. Roll "Em Pete - Big Joe Turner & Pete Johnson 17. Reefer Hound Blues - Curtis Jones 18. A.B.C. Blues - Little Son Joe (Ernest Lawlars) Feat. Memphis Minnie 19. Sorrow Valley Blues - Irene Scruggs 20. Your Enemy Cannot Harm You - Rev. Edward W. Clayborn 21. My Monday Blues - Jim Jackson 22. Song from A Cotton Field - Bessie Brown 23. Snake Doctor Blues - Jelly Jaw Short 24. Michigan River Blues - Bert Mays 25. The Storm Is Passing Over - Blind Joe Taggart